Description

WHITCHURCH HIGH STREET SU67NW (West side) 8/227 Church of St. Mary 09/02/59 (Formerly listed as Church of St. Mary with St. John the Baptist)

GV II*

Church. 1858. By Henry Woodyer on earlier foundations with re-use of earlier features. Stone base; flint with stone dressing; plain tile roof; wood shingles to sides and roof of tower. 4-bay nave with aisle to north; chancel; and west tower. Early English style. Double plank doors to right of centre with ornamental wrought iron hinges. 2-centre arched stone doorway with flanking buttresses. 3 three-light windows of Geometrical tracery to aisle. Stepped buttress at left end of aisle. 3 trefoil-topped lancets to possible former chapel, now vestry. Two-span roar; tower to right with splay-footed spire. Rear: C15 porch to left of centre with 4-centred archway with trefoil carving to spandrels and hood mould with label stops carved with angel heads with wings holding shields, Romanesque doorway with two unchamfered orders supporting round archway. Lancet to left. 2-light window Geometrical tracery to centre; 3-light window of Geometrical tracery to right of centre. Vestry to right: 2-centred arched doorway with plank door to left; trefoil lancet to right. Left hand return: 3-light window of reticulated tracery to left; 3-light window of adapted intersecting tracery to right. Right hand return: 2-light window to left with C19 tracery. Plate-tracery window to right with 3 lancets at base and rose window above. 2-light window to right gable. Interior: Floor of nave paved with memorial tablets mainly of C17 and C18. Reset medieval brass to left of chancel arch. Wall monument in chancel to Richard Lybbe; c.1599, of two kneeling figures with central prayer desk; armorial bearings above. Font of c.1858, probably by Woodyer: Stone; octagonal; central column with reticulated tracery forming base; dog-tooth carving to each face. Original wood cover with decorative brass handle. Pulpit, probably by Woodyer: Stone base; wooden octagonal pulpit with linen fold panel to each side with perpendicular tracery to top with ball-flower decoration to frieze. Patterned glazed encaustic tiles to floor of chancel. C19 choir stalls and wooden panelling to chancel and pews to nave probably by Woodyer. East window of aisle c.1858 by John Hardman. Good C19 stained glass to most windows. Nave roof: Curved principals with wind braces. Curved principal roof to aisle. High quality interior. (Buildings of England: 0xfordshire, p.838-9).

Listing NGR: SU6349076974

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)